(Telecompaper) Orange France said that its network based on LoRa technology will achieve nationwide coverage by the end of the year. The announcement was part of the presentation made at the Orange booth in the Viva Technology event taking place Paris from 15 to 17 June. The company said that its LoRa footprint currently covers nearly 4,000 French towns and industrial sites, providing connectivity inside buildings and below ground. In a related announcement, Orange said that it is preparing to test roaming between its network and that of another European operator within the LoRa Alliance by December, as part of the standardisation efforts to enable roaming between LoRaWAN networks.